This is Part 3 of a multipart series. Click here for Part
1 and Part
2.

At the end of Part 2, I said I’d propose a way to leverage EarthCube to loosely-couple the NSF
research agenda with the key IT standards development agendas in this
segment. Let’s take another look at EarthCube, starting with the last paragraph
from Part 2 of this blog, repeated here so you don’t have to flip back just for
this bit:

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1 or Part 3.

First, I’d like to mention some comments to Part 1, in which I posed a question: “A small but committed number of academic researchers are helping develop OGC standards, but the vast majority are not. Why
do some get into it, and why don't more?”

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A number of academic researchers are committed to helping develop OGC standards, but the vast majority are not. Why do some get into it, and why don't more? For the past several years I've been looking for ways to stimulate academic involvement in geospatial standards development. I'm starting to see some potential, but the cultural & institutional barriers still dominate.